Welsh Roundhouses: House Data

Single house record for Moel Y Gerddi

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Record number: 24
Site name:Moel Y Gerddi
Site number: 56
Location: second phase
Approx. early date: -800
Approx. late date:
% excavated: 75-100%
Internal diameter:
Area:
Shape: circular
Evidence of repair:Yes
Rebuild of (house number): 23
Repair/Rebuild details: this a rebuild of timber phase, W entrance blocked. Really the same house
Wall material: stone outer facing, earth and stone core
Stone wall: Yes
Rubble/earth core:Yes
Width of outer wall: 1.25
Internal post ring:Yes
Periphery width: 1.2
Central zone area: 30.2
Hearth: Yes
Hearth details: as first phase
Door orientation: E
External width: 2
Internal width: 1.6
Lithics and production: various
Other ground stone: various
Vessels: unknown
Textile production: doorway
Notes:more a rebuild of same structure in stone, one doorway blocked. Burnt stones deposited outside near E entrance


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